The Phoenix Collegiate

Foundation school·Secondary school West Bromwich, Sandwell·B71 2BX
Composite score
49.7
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#2,538
National rank
#293
In West Midlands
#13
In Sandwell
Top 80%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
39.8
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
25%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
47%
% EBacc grade 5+
9%
EBacc average points score
3.47

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
147 first choices, 188 places
First choices per place
0.78
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
404
any preference, for 188 places
Applications from another council area
6%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6620220.6620230.7320240.7920250.782026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put The Phoenix Collegiate first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,920
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
45.0%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
28.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.4%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
27.3%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.4
Typical secondary: 16.7

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
87%
333 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
84%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About The Phoenix Collegiate

The Phoenix Collegiate is a secondary school in West Bromwich, Sandwell, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. Around 1,920 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 39.8 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 4.2 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

25% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 47% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made The Phoenix Collegiate their first choice was offered one of its 188 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 87% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.4%. There are about 15.4 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 45% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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